Improvement in cushion-springs for carriage-tops



R. E. MCCORMICK). Gushion-Spring for Carriage-Tops.

No. 212,720. Patented Feb. 2'5;,1879.

WITNESSES: INVENTOB:

. 2 ATTORNEYS,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT E. MCCORMICK, OF DOYLESTOWN, OHIO.

lMPROVEMENT IN CUSHION-SPRINGS FO R CARRIAGE-TOPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 212,720, dated February25, 1879; application filed September 19, 1878.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. l I

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved spring attachmentfor carriage-tops, the use of which will prevent the rear bow from beingbent by the weight of the top when turned back, will prevent thecovering of the bow from being worn, and the bow itself from being wornand broken by the block, which may be attached to any top, and whichwill serve as a rein-holder and as a fastening for the rubber apron.

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawings,and then pointed out in the claim.

A is a spring, one end of which is concaved longitudinally to fit uponthe rear side of the rear bow, B, of a carriage-top, to which it issecured by screws, bolts, clamps, or other suitable means. The middlepart of the spring A is bent into U or hook form, and its free end iscurved inward and then outward, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The spring Ais secured to the bow B in such a position that when thecarriage-top is turned back the bend in the free end of the said springmay rest upon the block or rest that supports the said top, and thusprevent the said top from bearing upon the said block or rest as a deadweight. The spring A thus prevents the bow B from being worn, bent, orbroken, and at the same time serves as a convenient rein-holder and as afastener for the rubber or leather apron.

I am aware that it is not broadly new to apply a cushioning-spring tothe rear bow of ROBERT EDSON MCCORMICK.

Witnesses GEORGE W. EVERTS, GEORGE J ACKSON.

